The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-10-02

1HE regular season al Tue III ooloOh
Square, New York, opens tomorrow
night with Jim the Penman. 1t Will
only be kept on four weeks, and will
then be replaced by Loves Martyr.
THE manager of the Grand Opera
House in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, is an
enterprising man. He has introduced
q new fashion In his theatre of claiming
down pair of opera glasses to every
seat, so That every person who visits
his theatre will have the benefit OF this
| commodity without paying Anything
extra for it.
EVAN STEPHRNs will delight lovers Of
music during Conference, by giving
four chamber concerts in his music
hall, on Thursday. Friday, Saturday
and Monday evenings, the 9Th. 7tb, 9th
and 10th. Some of the best talent Of
the city will be heard each evening, and
there is no question but that ne will
meet with strong success.
Mr.. R. NJ. HooLEY dropped into my
office last week, and in the course of g
conversation told me how pleased he
was at the success of Vernona Jarbeau' s
engagement at his theatre couple OF
weeks ago. He says that the business
ran between So 600 and 5000, and that
he has offered Miss Jarbesu return
date little later in the season. He is
under the impression that she will GER
tainly make good deal OF money IS q
star.-Iruth. s
QUEEN VICTORIA has graciOusly sent to
Mr.. Wilson Barrett an autograph letter
of coincidence on the recent loss of his
wife, known in the profession as Miss
Heath, and has further expressed d
wish to possess a portrait of the late &C
compished lady. Miss Heath formerly
held the honorable position of Reader
to the Queen" 1t was TO this talented
artist trat Princess Louise, when she
was just in her teens, meaningly said,
MY dear Miss Heath, would SO much
like to be an actress like you. Ed
change.
The Booth-Barrett season opened
very auspiciously in Buffalo, crowded
and enthusiastic audiences following
the constellation everywhere. The
press, while laVishing praise on Booth
and Barr cit, finds space for E. J. Buck
ley as well, and gives him splendid no
tees, especially on his portrayal of
Marc Antony. It is evident that the
California actor has not been totally
eclipsed, as he receives numerous cur
tain calls, besides being commended for
in his acting. We are glad to see Mr..
from home.-MuSic and Drama.
l SEE that John 4. Stevens is in heap
OF trouble in London again. II seems
to be Mr.. SteveI s popularity that on
all possible occasions be is running in 0
financial difficulties. Only little while
ago he went over to London for the ex-
press purpose OF producing piece of
his entitled, The Secret Foe, and after
Comique, / see he collapsed, and was
unable to pay salaries last Saturday
night. think Mr.. Stevens very nm
fortunate, but at the same time, # he
had followed the advice of his friends
and stuck to melo-dramatic entertain
ments on this side of the water. pro
ducipg them at the,cheap, or what is
more popularity known as the ten cent
theatres. he might very likely have
made good deal of money. His am
bition, however, has been too strong for
him.-New York Papf
SAW Lillian Russell other dav in
one of the theatres and / Is astonished
to notice how excessively fat she had
grown. She must weigh at the very
least 100 pounds now, and she looks
old and worried. 1t is one thing to be a
successful prima donna and it is quite
something else TO tie has BEEN" am
afraid that Russell since she parted
with her beauty and quarrelled with her
heart has had ample time to ponder
seriously on the follies of her career. No
woman who ever appeared before the
public in this country had beLter op-
portunity of making permanent posi-
ton for herself in the estimation OF the
world. She had everything at her COM
beauty and talent. OF
later years she has lost the youth and
beauty, but she had Duff / am afraidE
now that she has lost Duff as we'll, the
world is beginning to turn its back on the
creature who once glOried in,
her soubriq,eet of Queen of the Dudes
Truth.
FRANCIS WILSON, by his action in
making an engagement with Colonel
McCaull for the three months inter
vening, between the termination of his
present season with the Aronsons, and
the commencement of his following
seasons contract, has placed himself in |
3 position where his action must Deces- |
sarily be very severely criticised. Mr.. |
Aronson says that which is very likely |
to be true, viz, that Wilson agreed that |
under no circumstances would he !
engage himself with anybody during the |
three months in question that, in fact, !
be intended going to Europe for holi- |
day. | am perfectly satisfied that what
ever Mr.. Aronson said for publica ton |
IN this connection is quite true. In his |
business relations with his people he has
always treated them in a perfectly fair |
and honorable manner. l know, under |
The present circumstances, he would be |
very unlikely to urge anything in his
own defense which might not happen |
to be an absolute fact. Of course it is
we'll enough for MIR. McCaull to engage |
anybody he pleases. hut in Wilson'S |
,ase it ls entirely q different matter.
the fact that he has received |
nearly all his popularity through his
with AronSons. / think he
las shown lamentable want of graft
ude and good taste. in making the
nntract which has called forth so mach
o nment.